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Description: | Incomplete Lower Palaeolithic handaxe of Acheulean type. Hazel Martingell notes that this object represents the tip half of the handaxe. Originally this tool was probably in excess of 200mm in length. Now it has a surviving length of 107.88mm is 105.68mm wide, 42.02mm thick and weighs 525g. The flint is stained yellow ochre and orangey in colour. The break looks like a natural frost fracture. The flaking was shallow and neat on both the dorsal and ventral surfaces. When complete it was probably ovate in plan. It dates from 500,000-200,000 BP (before present).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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